Number 2, March 1921 - Vosselag

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Number 2, March 1921
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While the meadow's blossoms and spring's delight
spread their beautiful flowers,
a mounted wedding in Voss national costume
is wending its way to church.
Behind the handsome vanguard,
the master of ceremonies, grand and strong,
and Mosefinn playing away,
encourage the bridal party along.
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Translated by Stanley J. Nuland

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Vosselaget er en organisation af personer,
som er fødte paa Voss, Norge, og saadannes
efterkommere, Dets opgave er især at hjælpe til
at vedligeholde forbindelsen med hver andre og
fremme kjendskabet til alt, som er af særlig in
teresse med hensyn til historie, slægtskab og
virke baade i Amerika og i Norge.
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EMBEDSMÆND:
Præsident—Wm. Nelson, Deerfield, Wis.
Vice-præsident–R. A. Nestos, Minot, N.
Dakota.
Sekretær—K. A. Rene, 1248 Jenifer Str.,
Madison, Wis.
Kasserer–John R. Glimme, 3230 Hirsch Str.,
Chicago, Ill.
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Som redaktør for “Vossingen” fungerer for
nærværende lagets sekretær, K. A. Rene, og
skrivelser angaaende skriftet sendes til ham.
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Knut Henderson Løne har sendt os endel
interessant stof, som imidlertid maa lægges
over til næste numer. Kanske dødsfaldene paa
Voss i sidste aar ogsaa da, kan tages med.
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Biografier til Vossehistorien modtages
endnu. Send dem til sekretæren,
vicepræsidenten eller Knut Henderson, som
udgjør komiteen.
Rettelse: I følge meddelelse fra L. Kindem,
Voss, blev “Vossingen” der udgit noget
tidligere i aaret 1871 end af os oplyst i forrige
numer.
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“Cuts” for billede koster $3.00.
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Subskription og medlemskab $1.00 aaret.
Møde no. 2 i Madison.
Foranlediget ved den heldige omstændighed,
at vice-præsident Nestos havde anledning til at
komme den lange vei fra Minot, N. Dakota, for
at aflægge Madison et besøg i julen, og at
præsident Nelson ligeledes kunde være tilstede,
fandt Madisons vossinger,
The Vosselag is an organization of people;
some are born at Voss, Norway, and some of
their descendants. Its objective is to especially
help to maintain the connection with each other
and promote acquaintance for everyone, who is
interested in the history, relationships and
activities both in America and in Norway.
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OFFICERS
President—Wm. Nelson,
Deerfield, WI.
Vice-president—R. A... Nestos, Minot,
ND.
Secretary—K. A. Rene, 1248 Jenifer
Str., Madison, WI
Treasurer—John R. Glimme, 3230
Hirsch Str., Chicago, IL
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The present club secretary, K. A. Rene, is
functioning as the editor of "Vossingen", and
correspondence regarding the publication
should be sent to him.
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Knut Henderson Løne has sent us some
interesting stuff, which we will have to
postpone until the next number. Perhaps we can
also include the obituaries from Voss then.
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We are still accepting biographies for the
Voss history. Send them to the secretary, the
vice president or Knut Henderson, who are on
the committee.
Correction: According to L. Kindem, Voss,
the "Vossingen" was published there somewhat
earlier than 1871 as we stated in the previous
issue.
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"Cuts" for pictures cost $3.00.
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Subscriptions and memberships $1.00/year.
Meeting No. 2 in Madison.
On the occasion of the fortunate circumstances
that vice president Nestos had the
opportunity of coming the long way from
Minot, ND, in order to pay a call to Madison at
Christmas and that president Nelson could be
present also, Madison's Vossings felt they
should
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at de burde faa istand en liden selskabelig
sammenkomst i forbindelse med et paatænkt
be styrelsesmøde, og flere, som boede i byens
omegn, blev da ogsaa varslet om at møde frem.
En forsamling paa henimod 70 personer
indfandt sig, og følgen blev en meget hyggelig
aften, som man vil ha grund til at erindre.
Mødet holdtes i Bethel kirkes forsamlingsrum
selve nytaarsaften den 31te dec. 1920.
Kasserer Glimme var forhindret fra at møde,
men gav besked om, at Knut Henderson Løne,
som mødte frem, skulde ta hans plads.
“Vossingen’s første numer var blit færdig
fra trykkeriet samme dag og uddeltes paa
mødet. Det syntes at vinde enstemmig
anerkjendelse.
Præsident Nelson aabnede mødet, og hans
fortræffelige ledelse af samme forhøiede
betydelig den festlige stemning. Man optog
først til behandling, hvor lagets næste
aarsmøde skulde holdes. Man foreslog Albert
Lea eller Minneapolis. Det besluttedes at
undersøge, om man vilde arrangere for det i
Albert Lea. Hr. Nestos anbefalede, at man
gjorde hvad man kunde for at faa et storartet
møde næste gang. Saa nævntes om laget skulde
slutte sig til bygdelagenes fællesraad. Dette
overlodes efter nogle udtalelser til bestyrelsen.
Saa blev skriftet “Vossingen” omtalt. Det
besluttedes enstemmig, at man skulde fortsætte
med udgivelsen af skriftet. Det var adskillig
paa tale at faa det udgit maanedlig, men med
dette fik det gaa, eftersom man dertil havde
midler. Hr. Nestos opfordrede alle til at
subskribere ogsaa for slægtninger i Norge,
hvad enkelte ogsaa gjorde. Vossehistorien blev
saa i korthed omtalt, hvorpaa man fik sig
nogen forfriskninger. Derpaa blev hr. Nestos
opfordret til “aa gjera greia fyr sig, kva han
gjore pao Voss isommar”, som præsident
Nelson udtrykte sig, og med megen interesse
paahørtes saa hr. Nestos’s livfulde skildring af
sin færd til hjembygden. — Da man skiltes var
det gamle aar ogsaa nærpaa gaaet.
Angaaende tid og sted for afholdelsen af
aarsmødet er der intet sikkert bestemt endnu.
Henvendelse er gjort til vossinger i Albert Lea,
men ingen afgjørelse er truffet i sagen. For
nogen af bestyrelsen at reise til andre byer for
arrange a little social gathering in connection
with the planned board meeting, so several
people who lived in the vicinity of the city
were also asked to participate. A gathering of
upwards of 70 people attended and the result
was a very pleasant evening, which people will
have reason to remember. The meeting was
held in Bethel Church's Meeting room actually
on New Year's Eve the 31 st of Dec. 1920.
Treasurer Glimme was unable to attend but
sent a message that Knut Henderson Løne
should take his place.
The first issue of "Vossingen" had been
finished by the printer that day so it was
distributed at the meeting. It seemed to win
universal approval.
President Nelson opened the meeting and
his excellent leadership of the same increased
the festive atmosphere. The first order of
business was to decide where to hold the lag's
next meeting. Someone suggested either Albert
Lea or Minneapolis. It was decided to
investigate the possibility of arrangements for
Albert Lea. Mr. Nestos recommended that
everything should be done to make it a
magnificent conference the next time. Then
there was discussion about the lag joining the
Bygdelagernes Fellesråd. After some debate,
this was left to the directors. Then the
publication "Vossingen" was mentioned. It was
unanimous that one should continue with the
paper. There were a few who wanted it
published monthly, but it was decided to issue
it as determined by our means. Mr. Nestos
urged everyone to subscribe also for their
relatives in Norway, which some did. The
Voss History was briefly discussed,
whereupon some refreshments were served.
Then Mr. Nestos was urged to "spell it out for
us, what he had been doing in Voss all
summer", as President Nelson put it, and with
great enthusiasm we listened to Mr. Nestos
lively description of his journey to the old
home district.—When we parted, the old year
was almost gone.
Regarding the time and place for holding
the annual meeting, nothing has been yet
decided. Inquiries were directed to the
Vossings in Albert Lea, but no decision in the
matter has been made. For the board of
directors to travel to other towns in order to
make
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at gjøre det nødvendige anordninger forud for
et møde, synes at være forbundet med
unødige udgifter. Lad os høre fra
interesserede medlemmer om dette, og om
nogen vil paata sig at ordne med mødet.
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“Vossingen’s første numer har nu været
ude til bedømmelse saalænge, at man vil
kunne danne sig en mening om, hvad man
synes om det, og med hvilken interesse sagen
omfattes. Ved at se paa de mange
anerkjendende skrivelser, som er modtat, og
hvoraf endel findes paa et andet sted i
skriftet, vil man ikke være i vildrede herom.
Det er en samstemmig tilslutning, som det er
os en fornøielse at henvise til. Flere har udtalt
ønsket om, at skriftet maa udkomme til hver
maaned og er villige til at erlægge sin del af
udgifterne. Dette bør ogsaao være vort maal.
Men om det er klogt at gaa saa langt endnu,
mens alt er saa dyrt, kan være et andet
spørsmaal. Det mangler desuden adskilligt
paa, at vi endnu kan udgi det kvartalsvis, men
i betragtning af den interesse, som hidtil er
vist, haaber vi dog, at dette vil la sig gjøre.
Enhver af lagets medlemmer maa imidlertid
betragte sig selv som dets agent og la det
være sig magtpaaliggende at faa naboer og
bekjendte af vosseslægt til strax at indsende
sin dollar. Hvor flere vossinger findes i et
naboskab, vilde det være bra, om man lik en,
som var let at finde, til at modta og indsende
pengene.
Lad os da ogsaa faa høre fra de mange
penneføre medlemmer, om hvad vossingerne
driver med i deres respektive strøg, og
hvorledes de har kommet sig frem m. m.
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Voss udgjorde engang i tiden et fylke for
sig selv, og i historien er anvendt
benævnelsen Vossavældet. Det var da noget
af en sjømagt, der strakte sig udover fjordene
paa begge sider af Osterøen. Vossenæsset paa
øens nordspids og gaarden Tyssen der i
nærheden og i Samnanger var visnok led i
samme grænselinje. “Vossingen” her i
Amerika kunde jo holde sig til de gamle
grænser og gjenerobre de tabte provinser af
Stamnæs, Exingedalen og Bergsdalen. Ellers
er det jo bare øverste delen.
the necessary arrangements required for a
meeting seems to be attended by unnecessary
expense. Let's hear from the interested
members about this; if anyone would take it
upon themselves to work with a meeting.
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"Vossingen"s first issue has now been out
long enough to be evaluated so that people
can decide what they think of it and how
much interest there is in the subject. After
seeing all the accepting letters that are
received and are found elsewhere in this
paper one needn't have any reservation about
it. That is a universal assessment, which is of
great satisfaction to us. Several have
expressed the wish that the paper could be
monthly and were willing to back part of the
expense. This is also our aim. But whether it
is prudent to go so far yet, when everything is
so expensive, is another question. There isn't
any doubt that we could publish it quarterly,
and in view of the interest that has been
shown so far, we hope, that this can be done.
Each of the members of the lag should act as
its agent and act as if it's essential to get their
neighbors and acquaintances of Voss origin to
send in their dollar soon. Where several
Vossings are found in one neighborhood, it
would be wonderful if they would collect the
money and remit it.
Also, let's hear from the many
knowledgeable members, about what the
Vossings are doing in their respective
locations and how they have progressed etc.
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Once upon a time, Voss constituted a
county (fylke) all by itself, and historically it
was known as the "dominion of Voss". It was
somewhat of a sea power, and extended out
over the fjords on both sides of Ostrøen. Voss
point on the northern point of the Tyssen farm
and its vicinity and Samnanger evidently were
links in the same borderline. "Vossingen"
here in America could utilize the old
boundaries and recapture the lost provinces of
Stamnes, Exingedalen and Bergsdalen.
Otherwise only the uppermost parts of these
valleys are reckoned
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af disse dale, som nu henregnes til Voss. —
Helsing frao Voss.
Kjære Vossingen! — Heil og sæl! Mæ denne
gamal-norske helsing ve æg idag fao lov te aa ta
deg i haandæ, ynskja deg velkomen, aa atto du
mao fao leva baade lengje aa vel.
So vonar æg, atto adle Vøsse i Amerika aa
mangje herheima ve be deg innom døræ te seg
aa nøra deg pao beste maote, so du vetto ein
gjeldo aa hugnasam ærindsvein, faor mykkje aa
fortelja os adle om gamalt aa nyt om Vøssene
sovel darborte so herheima.
Fysta nomre dit ha æg netop fengje mæ
bilæte pao fysta sio tao den fagra heimbygdæ
vaor pao den vene fanen te Vossalagje. Glædele
æ da og aa sjao i programme dit, du ve gje so
storo plass fy da so ha hendt i gomol ti og
seinare i heimbygdæ. Hugnaleg og gjilt va da so
viarea aa fao lesa um dei mangje Vøsse og
menno tao Vossaæt, so dar æ nemde eldo ha
skreve. Du kan tru me æ gjilde aa byrgje tao
atto Vossabygdæ har so mangje dygtigje søne
aa døtto darborte, og da røre mæ
hjertastrengjene vaore, naor me ser dei koma si
gamla mor og syskjin herheima ihog.
Vossehistorien, so du fortelo ve koma ut
darborte, ve vetta te stor glea fy os, og me
lengjast ette, atto ho snart mao koma. Her halda
me no pao mæ aa samla tefang te “Voss
bygdesoga” aa vona trykkjingjæ kan byrja um
eit par aor eldo so. Vossehistorien i Amerika og
Voss bygdesoga her ve dao ventelæ utfydla
einanen.
For meg personleg hadde da desutan ei
serleg interessa aa fao sjao Vossingen i dan ny
bunaen. Da va nemlæ far min, O. Kindem, so
kjøpte Vossingen tao N. Bakketun, aa æg so
trykte da solengje han far hadde da. Tao
Baakkatunen fek eg, som 16 aar gamal, lære dei
siste maonane før han reiste, sopassa at æg
kunde greia da. Far min hadde no so mykkje
anna aa gjera, so han ette eit par aor yvelet da te
Th. Skjerve, aa darme kom æg te aa slutta so
fuskar i boktrykkjarfagje.
So vil æg be deg koma inom døræ te meg og
aa vona da ettekvart vetto tiare, so æg of ta faor
høyra deg fortelja um gamalt og nyt.
Voss den 14. februar 1921. L. Kindem
to belong with Voss.
Greetings from Voss.
Dear Vossings! – (in genuine old Voss
dialect—vossamaul) Hail and happiness! With
this Old Norse greeting, today I would like to
shake your hands, wish you welcome and wish
your life to be both long and healthy.
I expect that all the vossings in America and
many here at home would invite you indoors
with them and treat you in the best manner, for
you know what a nice and pleasant errand boy
would have a lot to tell us all about old and new
about vossings over here and home here.
I have just received your first issue with a
picture of our home on the beautiful banner of
the Vosselag on the first page. It's delightful to
see in your program that you have given so
much room for events from old and late in the
home district. It was with pride and amusement
we read further about the vossings and men of
Voss origin that are mentioned or have written.
Believe me, it was nice to see that the Voss
district has so many capable sons and daughters
over there and it stirs my heart strings when we
see them remembering their old mothers and
relatives home here.
The Voss history, you say will be published
over there, will be of great gladness for us, and
we can hardly wait until it comes out. Here we
are in the process of gathering the materials for
a "Voss Bygdesoga" and expect the printing
will begin in a couple years or so. The Voss
history in America and the Voss bygdesoga will
complement each other.
It has been of great interest to me personally
to see Vossingen in its new attire. It was
namely my father, O Kindem, who bought
Vossingen from N. Bakketun, and I printed it as
long as father owned it. I learned enough from
Bakketun, in the last months before he left, so I
could get by. My father had so much else to do
that he sold it to Th. Skjerve and with that there
was the end of dabbling in the printing trade.
So I want you to come in my door and I
expect in a little while before you know I will
listen to you tell both old and new.
Voss, February 14, 1921. L. Kindem
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Venlige udtalelser.
Indlagt find check for en dollar for at slutte
mig til Vosselaget. Jeg fik netop et postkort fra
K. A. Rene om at Vosselaget har besluttet at
udgi et tidsskrift, som vil bli udsendt før jul.
Nu er det 47 aar siden jeg forlod Voss.
En venlig hilsen. A. A. Raugstad, Sioux
Falls, S. Dak.
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Behag at finde check paa en dollar vedlagt
som kontingent til Vosselaget. Det glæder mig
at se at Laget er kommet tillive igjen, og jeg
haaber at alle gamle lemmer vil støtte det og
faa nye til at slutte sig til. Vel er det nok sandt,
at vosserne er spredte over det ganske land;
Men de fleste er jo i Nordveststaterne, og naar
møderne blir holdt nogenlunde centrale, tror
jeg sikkert noksaa mange vil møde frem, og
fornye gammelt kjendskab, og kan de ikke
møde frem, burde alle vosser støtte laget ved
at indsende kontingent, og da ikke mindst nu
ved den gode nyhed, at laget skal faa udgivet
et tidsskrift, som jeg er sikker paa vil bli
Vosselaget til ære. Lat vossarne og visa, at dei
hev ikkje gløymt den gode, gamle, vene
vossebygd; men at dei ve slutta seg mansterkje
til lagje, so da vil trivast og veksa jamsides
med andre bygdalag, Paa von om fremgong. —
Med helsing fraa ein Guldfjordingvoss.
Bjarne K. Brekke, Letcher, S. Dak.
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Wishing you success in your praiseworthy
work and also thanking you for the interest
you take in perpetuating the memory of the
pioneer-vossinger. — Yours truly
Henry Nelson, Whitewater, Wis.
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I have just received a copy of Vossingen,
and was glad to hear that the Vosselag will be
continued. Enclosed you will find $3.00
subscription money for 3 good Vossings, two
Friendly comments.
Enclosed find a check for a dollar in order
for me to join Vosselaget. I recently got a card
from K. A. Rene that Vosselaget has decided
to publish a periodical that will be issued
before Christmas. Now it is 47 years since I
left Voss.
A friendly greeting. A. A. Raugstad, Sioux
Falls, SD.
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Please find the enclosed check for a dollar
as subscription to Vosselaget. I am happy that
the club is coming to life again, and I hope
that all the old lambs will support it and get
new ones to join. Of course it is a fact that the
vossings are spread over the whole country,
but most of them are in the northwest states,
and if the meetings were held in a central
location, I'm sure quite a few would come to
the meeting and renew old acquaintances and
if they can't attend, all the vossings should
support the lag by sending in their dues and at
least now know that the club is going to
publish a journal which certainly will be of
credit to the organization. Let the vossings
also show that they haven't forgotten the good,
old Voss district; but that they will strongly
join the lodge, so it will thrive and grow the
same as other bygdelags. With the expectation
of progress.—with greetings from a voss
Gullfjordinger!
Bjarne K. Brekke, Letcher, SD.
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Wishing you success in your praiseworthy
work and also thanking you for the interest
you take in perpetuating the memory of the
pioneer-vossinger. — Yours truly
Henry Nelson, Whitewater, Wis.
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I have just received a copy of Vossingen,
and was glad to hear that the Vosselag will be
continued. Enclosed you will find $3.00
subscription money for 3 good Vossings, two
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of American birth and one from Nordheim,
Voss. I attended the first meeting at Albert Lea
some years ago, and joined as member of the
Vosselag, which started there, and enjoyed the
few trips, once to Madison, Wis., and one time
to Decorah, very much. The last one was not a
success on account of flood; trains did not
arrive.
Emma. C. Sampson, Decorah, Ia.
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Just got the enclosed card forwarded to me
from Roseau yesterday. I have been a member
of Vosselaget for many years, but have heard
nothing of it for some time, so it was rather a
surprise to me. I am glad indeed, that it is to
be brought back to life again, and I hope we
will succeed in keeping it alive also. Am
enclosing my “kontingent” $1.00.
Rev. O. L. Bolstad, Redtop, Minn.
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Gode vossing! — Indlagt finder du en
dollar for bladet samt medlemsrettighed til
laget. Haaber at laget og Vossingen har lykke
og fremskridt. — Deres
John B. Westerheim, Kenyon, Minn.
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Dit brev modtaget. Kan lade dig vide, at jeg
ogsaa allerede har modtaget en kopi af
“Vossingen”, som jeg er vel tilfreds med, og
det gleder mig, at vi vossinger tar fat og faar
istand dette Vosselag; og bladet vil være af
stor interesse for alle baade gamle og unge
vossinger; og Vossehistorien vil bli en dyrebar
skat i ethvert hjem af denne byrd.
Deres forbudne K. K. Fenney, jr., Taylor,
Wis.
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Vossingen modtat, og det var en god ting.
Tror jeg skal faa flere til at sende ind en
dollar. Hoslagte bankanvisning paa to dollar er
fra Ole B. Hylle og mig selv. Med bedste
ønsker for laget og bladet.
Venligst J. O. Lidsheim, Kenyon, Minn.
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of American birth and one from Nordheim,
Voss. I attended the first meeting at Albert Lea
some years ago, and joined as member of the
Vosselag, which started there, and enjoyed the
few trips, once to Madison, Wis., and one time
to Decorah, very much. The last one was not a
success on account of flood; trains did not
arrive.
Emma. C. Sampson, Decorah, IA.
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Just got the enclosed card forwarded to me
from Roseau yesterday. I have been a member
of Vosselaget for many years, but have heard
nothing of it for some time, so it was rather a
surprise to me. I am glad indeed, that it is to
be brought back to life again, and I hope we
will succeed in keeping it alive also. Am
enclosing my “kontingent” $1.00.
Rev. O. L. Bolstad, Redtop, Minn.
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Good vossing! – Enclosed you will find a
dollar for the paper and membership to the
club. Hope that the club and Vossingen have
good fortune and growth. – Yours
John B. Westerheim, Kenyon, MN.
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Received your letter. Can let you know that
I also already have received a copy of
"Vossingen", with which I am very satisfied
and it makes me happy that we vossings have
got going and got the Vosselag together again;
and the paper will be of great interest to both
old and young vossings and the Voss history
will be a valuable treasure in each home of this
group.
Yours harbinger K. K. Fenney, Jr., Taylor,
WI.
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Vossingen received, and that is a good
thing. Believe I can get several others to send
in a dollar. Enclosed bank draft for two dollars
is from Ole B. Hylle and myself. With best
wishes for the paper and club.
If you please J. O. Lidsheim, Kenyon, MN.
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Vossingen modtat idag og indlagt find
ck. $1.00. Haaber at jeg i fremtiden kan
være med paa møderne, da jeg kommende
vaar agter at flytte til Minneapolis. — Any
help or information to the good of the
order will be gladly given.
D. Rivenes, Glendive, Montana.
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Please send “Vossingen” to the
following: Knut Opheim, Ole Opheim and
M. G. Petersen, Fertile, Minn.
Enclosed find check for $3.00 to cover
same. If you have a few copies of
“Vossingen” to spare, I could use some and
try to get subscribers among the vossings
here.
Please let me hear from you, how I can
help you in making your splendid
undertaking a success.
Odd Eide, Fertile, Minn.
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Jeg fik mig tilsendt prøvenummer af
“Vossingen”, og jeg er heldt begeistret
over bladet. Jeg synes det er gjævt, at vi
vossinger skal faa vort eget blad, og det er
aldeles i sin orden; thi Voss har fostret
mange gjæve mænd, og vi er saaledes en
gjæv folkeslægt. Jeg synes meget godt om
indholdet i bladet, særlig om hr. Nestos’s
beretning om sit besøg paa Voss. Jeg har
mødt hr. Nestos og kjender ham personlig,
og det er en meget bra mand, som vi
vossinger kan være stolte af.
Her er ganske mange vossinger, som
lever rundt Granville, og jeg vil forsøge at
faa endel af dem til at subskribere paa
“Vossingen”. Jeg haaber at den vil faa god
støtte, saa at vi med tiden kan faa det til
hver maaaned.
O. P. Stalheim, Granville, N. Dak.
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I have just received a copy of
“Vossingen”.
Received Vossingen today and enclosed
find ck. $1.00. I hope in the future to be at
the meetings, when I move to Minneapolis
this coming spring. – Any help or
information to the good of the order will be
gladly given.
D. Rivenes, Glendive, Montana.
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Please send “Vossingen” to the
following: Knut Opheim, Ole Opheim and
M. G. Petersen, Fertile, Minn.
Enclosed find check for $3.00 to cover
same. If you have a few copies of
“Vossingen” to spare, I could use some and
try to get subscribers among the vossings
here.
Please let me hear from you, how I can
help you in making your splendid
undertaking a success.
Odd Eide, Fertile, Minn.
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I got my test number of "Vossingen",
and I am very satisfied with the paper. I
think it is moral, that we vossings should
have our own organ and it is completely
appropriate because Voss has produced
many moral men, and we are, as follows, a
moral group of people. I feel quite good
about the content of the paper, especially
Mr. Nestos' description of his visit to Voss.
I have met Mr. Nestos and know him
personally and he is a very fine man, of
whom we vossings can be proud.
There are rather many vossings that live
around Granville, and I will try to get a
number of them to subscribe to
"Vossingen". I hope it will be well
supported so that in time we can get it
every month.
O. P. Stahlheim, Granville, ND.
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I have just received a copy of “Vossingen”.
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I am much interested in this as my mother was
from Himle, Voss, and I was over there a few
years ago on a visit. As I consider myself a
vossing, thanks to mother, I ask to be listed
with the rest of the good vossings, and you
will herewith find enclosed my check for $1.00
as membership fee. With best wishes for the
future of Vosselaget and its paper.
E. O. Giere, M. D., Watertown, S. Dak.
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Kjære Vossinger! — Ja, nu har jeg skrabet
sammen en dollar og vil sende den strax til
kassereren, saa vilde jeg med det samme sende
en liden skrivelse til bladet, for jeg er vossing
baade i sind og hjertelag, og bladet vil jeg ha,
saa jeg kan følge med tiden her ude paa
prærien. Numer l var rigtig hyggeligt; det var
akkurat som om nogle vossinger kom og
besøgte mig. Ja, nu er det 16 aar, siden jeg
forlod min hjembygd. Vi var 11 stykker, som
reiste paa en gang, og mange taarer faldt, da vi
sa farvel til vore kjære paa Bulken station. Vi
var 18 dage paa reisen hid under noksaa megen
storm og sjøgang; men jeg var heldig alligevel
som ikke blev sjøsyg, for der var nok af dem
som maatte kaste op. — Vel, nu har jeg prøvet
tolv aar af nybyggerlivet ogsaa, og havde jeg
ikke havt saameget vosse-blod i mig, som jeg
har, saa havde jeg ikke været her nu; thi de,
som var her, da jeg kom, har reist herfra, og
nye folk har flyttet ind.
Nils E. Roe, Morristown, S. Dak.
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Gode Vossing! — Tak for du sendte mig
“Vossingen” i hvilken jeg har velbehag. — Et
værk har nu atter sat sig i forbindelse med
slægtninger og kjendinger blandt vossingerne
baade derhjemme paa Voss og her i Amerika,
ja, i alle lande hvorsomhelst “Vossingen”
færdes. Dette lille skrift, som Vosselaget har
faaet istand og gang, er værdt mange gange l
dollar ved sit virke og sine oplysninger. Ja,
hele vossehistorien faå rede paa, hvis alle
I am much interested in this as my mother was
from Himle, Voss, and I was over there a few
years ago on a visit. As I consider myself a
vossing, thanks to mother, I ask to be listed
with the rest of the good vossings, and you
will herewith find enclosed my check for $1.00
as membership fee. With best wishes for the
future of Vosselaget and its paper.
E. O. Giere, M. D., Watertown, SD.
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Dear vossings! – Yes, now I have scratched
up a dollar and will soon send it to the
treasurer and I want to send a little writing to
the treasurer because I am vossing both in
mind and heart, and I want the paper so I can
keep up with the times out here on the prairie.
Number 1 was so outright delightful it was just
like some vossings came to visit me. Yes, it is
sixteen years since I left my home district.
There were eleven of us who left at one time,
and many tears fell when we said farewell to
our loved ones at Bulken station. We spent 18
days during the trip here with rather rough
seas and storm, but I was lucky that I didn't get
seasick, though there were many who had to
throw up. – Well, now I have tried twelve
years of the pioneer life too, and if I didn't
have as much voss-blood in me as I have I
wouldn't be here now because some people
that were here when I came have moved away
and new people have moved in.
Nils E. Roe, Morristown, SD.
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Good vossing! – Thanks for sending
"Vossingen" with which I am well pleased. –
You have created another project in connection
with the relatives and acquaintances among the
vossings both home in Voss and here in
America, yes, in all countries wherever
'Vossingen" goes. This little paper that the
Vosselag has started again, is worth many
times 1 dollar with its influence and account.
Yes, all of the history of Voss will be prepared
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nulevende vossinger sender ind sit
levnedsløb o. s. v.
Da jeg nu har været i Amerika i 20 aar, saa
skal jeg fortælle lidt om mit eget. Jeg er født
paa Voss af forældrene Knut Bjørneson
Brække og Britha N. Brække i aaret 1883 og
reiste til Amerika om vaaren 1901. De 2
første aarene var jeg bosat i Jackson, Minn.
Siden drog jeg til Nord Dakota for snart at faa
mig et hjem. Jeg vandrede omkring et aars
tid, intil jeg blev gammel nok, saa tog jeg
homestead 7 mil ud fra Stanly, N. Dak. Da jeg
havde boet der i 14 maaneder, fik jeg “Title”
paa landet, og saa drog jeg derfra til Landa,
N. Dak., hvor jeg siden har opholdt mig med
undtagelse af et par aar, jeg var paa Grand
Forks College. I flere aar indtil 1914 var jeg
butikbetjent, indgik dette aar i ægteskab med
en valdrespige miss Stella Larson. Siden har
jeg været i forretning sammen med Hagen &
Co. Vi har 2 børn en pige og en gut, og jeg
tror bestemt, at den lille gutten og den lille
pigen er “ægta” vossinger, selv om moren er
Valdres.
Nels K. Brekke, Landa, N. Dak.
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Som medlem af Vosselaget sender jeg
herved min dollar. Har modtat Vossingen.
Skulde ønske at den kunde komme engang om
maaneden. Er villig til at bestride min del af
udgifterne.
Th. S. Ringheim, Blue Earth, Minn.
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Har netop modtat nogle linjer fra
Vosselagets sekretær, hvori han underretter
om, at laget tænker paa at udgiet lidet
tidsskrift, hvis penge kan skaffes dertil, og
haaber da, at jeg vil slutte mig til laget.
Derfor finder du indlagt $1.00.
Venligst Lars O. Aarhus, Norma, N. Dak.
Teleskopet.
Wm. Nelson.
Han Viking Grjotland fortel:
—Eg trefte han Vossa-Eirik her om dagen,
aa eg helste o spure: kor leve du dau?
if all the vossings, still alive, send in their life
story, etc.
In view of the fact that I have been in
America for 20 years, I shall tell a little bit
about myself. I was born at Voss of the
parents Knut Bjørneson Brække and Britha N.
Brække in the year 1883 and went to America
in the spring of 1901. The 2 first years I was
settled in Jackson; MN. Since, I have been in
North Dakota to quickly get myself a home. I
roamed around for a year until I got old
enough then I took a homestead 7 miles
outside Stanly, ND. When I had lived there 14
months, I got the title for the land, and then I
moved from there to Landa, ND, where I have
lived since except for two years when I was at
Grand Forks College. For several years, until
1914, I was a store clerk, when I married a
girl from Valdres. Miss Stella Larson. I have
been in business since with Hagen & Co. We
have 2 children, a girl and a boy and I
definitely believe that the little boy and little
girl are "genuine" vossings, even though their
mother is from Valdres.
Nels K. Brekke, Landa, Nd.
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As a member of Vosselaget I am sending
herewith my dollar. Have received Vossingen.
Should wish that it could arrive once a month.
Am eager to contribute my share of expenses.
Th. S. Ringheim, Blue Earth, MN.
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Have just received some lines from the
secretary of Vosselaget, in which he talks
about that the club is thinking of publishing a
little periodical if money can be raised and
hoping that I would join the club. Therefore
you will find $1.00 enclosed.
With friendliness, Lars O. Aarhus, Norma,
ND.
The Telescope.
Wm. Nelson.
Viking Grjotland tells:
—I met Vossa-Eirik here one day, and I
greeted him and asked: "How's it goin'?"
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—Aa jau tak.so spyr, sa han; eg leve
ganske bra.
—Veit du nokku nyt heldu løie no dau?
spure eg.
—Aa eg veit inkje da, sa han. Da va
nokku rart eg trefte te aa høyra aa sjaa her
ein dagen, sa han.
—Kva va no da dau? sa eg.
—Jau, sa han; han Yankee-Per kom
slarkande her forbi, aa han bar pau nokku
so saug ut te ha vaa eit par utbeinka
bukkahodn aa so hadde vaa saga jamlange.
—Kva æ detta du her bær pau? spure eg.
—Aa, sa han, detta æ eit teleskop.
—Ja so, sa eg. Ja, da æ no inkje nokku
vossaskaup, da har er no greia pau.
—Da æ ikkje noko skaap, sa han, men
det er what you call him . . . Aa jau, now I
know, ein kjikart.
—Ja so, sa eg, kva æ dan vertu brukt te?
spure eg.
—Aa te aa look tru, naar det er far
borte, sa han.
—En kan no vel sjau henne mor og dau,
sa eg, um ho skulle væ borte, likaso vel
som han far.
—Nei, det var inkje slik eg meinte det,
sa han, men det er ti sjaa vel hott det er,
um det er aldri so langt unda.
—Ja so, sa eg, du faur lata oss prøva da
dau, sa eg.
Aa so tok han te aa skrua aa stelte nokku
pau detta aa so sette da fyrr augna aa te aa
skaa igjøno detta.
—Ser du nokku? spure eg.
—Aa jau, sa han. I see very far.
—Ja so, sa eg, kvar æ væren, og kvar æ
han far din?
—Aa, det va inkje so meint, sa han, eg
meinte berre, at eg kunde sjau svært langt
med dittane; men eg heve røt so mykje
engelsk, at eg hev næsten gløymt burt det
norske.
—Da va for idla, sa eg, at du skulde da
ha gjort aa inkje lært nokku likle istan.
—Ja, sa han, sjaa no i denne kjekkerten,
so fær du sjaa daa um du inkje ser langt.
Sjaa no over to plassen hans Hadling-
Herbrand og sjaa, um du inkje ser nokku.
—"Aw you bet. So ask", he said "I'm
fine."
—"D'ya know anything new or unusual
now then?" I asked.
—"I don't know for sure" he said.
"There was something strange I heard and
saw here one day", he said.
—"What was that then?", I said.
—Jau", he said, "Yankee-Peter came
strolling by here and he was carrying
something that looked like a pair of
straightened out ram's horns that had been
sawn to equal lengths."
—"What 'cha carrying?", I asked.
—"Aw", he said, "This is a teleskop."
—"Ja, so", I said. "Ja, it isn't a
vosseshelf, that I know about."
—"It's not a shelf", he said, "but it's
what you call him . . .aw, well, you know,
a binoculars."
—"Ja, so", I said, "what's it used for?", I
asked.
—"Aw, to look tru, when you are far
(father) away", he said.
—"One would, of course, be able to see
mother too," I said, "whether she's home,
just as well as father."
—"No, I didn't mean it that way," he
said, "but, it's to see what it is no matter
how far away it is."
—"Ja, so," I said, "you'll hafta let us try
it then", I said.
—Then he started turning and fixing on
it and put it up in front of his eyes and
started to look through it.
—"D'ya see anything?", I asked.
—"Oh, yes", he said, "I see very far."
—"Ja, so", I said, "How's the weather,
and where's your father?"
—"I didn't mean that," he said, "I meant
only that I could see quite a distance with
this, but I have messed with English so
much, I have almost forgot my
Norwegian."
—"That's too bad," I said, "that you
should have done this and not learned
anything instead."
—"Yes, "he said, "now look through
these binoculars and see if you don't see
far. Look over to Hadling-Herbrand's place
and see if you don't see something".
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Det er no over two miles to over der, sa han.
Jau, eg tok kjikarten hans aa te aa skodde
igjøno hono aa burt ti han Herbrand, aa forsyne
meg saug eg inkje dau so nauande vel hono
Herbrand kom net kjøyrande inn i tune te seg. Han
hadde vist vaa te bydn, og so saag eg, at ho Guri,
kjerringi hans, kom ut ti hono aa te aa snakke mæ
han. Eg kunde høyra so væl, attu ho skjende pau
hono litevetta aa sa mæ, han va drukjen. Aa ja
minsanten, mæ da sama ho sa da, kunne eg kjenna
so vel brennevinsluktæ tau hono dau, dar eg sto.
So snudde me dau detta teleskaupe, so han
kadla da, aa skodde burt igjøno vegjen, vel eit par
mil noritte, aa forsyne meg saug eg inkje stauande
attante husvegjen hans Ola Heglandsmyrne hono
Sigrid Per Oppigaræ aa godsnakka mæ henno
Aadling-Ausa aa tok aa slengde baue armane sine
um henna aa læpast mæ henne, so eg haure
smedlen dar eg sto, aa saug so vel, at ho Ausa kvok
tau da sjøi.
Men so sa han Yankee-Per:
—Sjaa burtover der to Haukaushaugen aa sjaa
hot du ser der.
Da va no mesto tre mil burt dar. Han skodde
fyst. Aa so sa han:
—Eg tykjer eg ser ein kat fær aa spring der.
Sjaa no du, sa han.
Eg so gjore, aa dar saug eg so tydeleg, so om da
kje ha vaa berre ei nokre skredt ifrau meg eit dyr,
so for dar aa sprang itte noko kjuklinga. Dyret va
so stort so ein almindeleg vaksen kat, men hadde
hundasnut aa røvaroa og kvite rendu itti rygjæ. So
haure eg so tydeleg, at da va inkvan so blystra, aa
so saug eg ein stor hund kom springande aa
gjøyande, aa snart so bar da i basketak mæ hunden
og hit vetla dyre, men dau vart da snart so styg og
idl ein snik, at eg inkje kunde taala da lengur, men
flidde detta teleskaupe ifrau meg te hono Per attu,
og sa, at æ inkje detta trolskap, so ha no
visdommen aa alt framtøkje hat meir heldu
almindeleg framgang sian dan tid eg gjek aa las.
Ja so sa eg. aa han Yankee-Per reiste sin veg.
Men om han kan trodla heldu inkje, kan eg inkje so
visst seia.
—Da æ fine være. Ska du reisa at alt? Ja ja, du
faur leva so vel, Viking, aa helso heim.
Eg ba farvel aa gjekk min veg.
"Now it is over two miles to over there," he
said.
Ja, I took his binoculars in order to peer through
them and over to Herbrand's, and bless me if I
didn't see Herbrand come driving into his yard. He
must have been to town and I could see Guri, his
wife, come out to him and start in talking. I could
hear her so clearly, that she was bawling him out
because he was drunk. And yessiree, instantly she
said it, I could smell whiskey on his breath right
from where I was standing.
Then I turned the teleskaupe, as he called it, and
looked down the road, probably a couple miles
northward and bless me again if I didn't see
standing by Ola Heglandsmyrne's house wall,
Sigrid Per Oppigaræ sweet-talking Aadling Ausa
and he put his arms around her and kissed her; I
could hear the smacks where I was and I could
clearly see that Ausa was stimulated 'til she shook.
But then Yankee-Per said:
—Look over to Haushaugen's and see what you
see there.
It was almost three miles over there. He looked
first. Then he said:
—I think I see a cat running over there. "You
look", he said.
I did, and there I saw apparently, as if it were
only some steps from me, an animal, that was
chasing some chickens. The animal was the size if
an ordinary grown cat, but it had a dog's muzzle
and red and white stripes on his back. Then I
distinctly heard someone whistle, and I saw a big
dog come running and barking and soon a scuffle
broke out between the dog and the little creature,
but it soon turned into such an ugly combat, that I
couldn't watch anymore so I turned the binoculars
back to Per and said, "Isn't this some witchcraft
that in the future would be more reasonable
wisdom to avoid and to read, instead?"
"Ja, so," I said, and Yankee-Per went his way.
But whether he fooled with more or not, I can't
say.
—"Well, it'll have to be that way. Are you
going already?" "Yes, live well, Viking, and greet
the folks at home."
I said good luck, and went my way.
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Disse to brødre var begge over til Frankrig,
hvor Lars var med i fremstødet ved Elsassfronten,
mens Knut deltog i det andet Marne
slag, i kampene ved St. Mihiel, Meuse-
Argonne og i forsvaret af sektoret ved Meuse.
De er sønner efter afdøde Nils Helgeson
Arhelleren og efterladte hustru, Thorbjør, f.
Aarhus, som nu bor i Madison, Wis.
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Lars Nelson var født paa gaarden
Arhelleren, Voss, den 2den dec. 1888, kom til
Amerika i 1899, var en tid i Deerfield, Wis.,
indkaldtes til krigstjeneste den 22de sept.
1917, var da i arbeide med et
brobyggermandskab paa Soo banen og opholdt
sig i North Dakota, mødte der frem i
Wapheton, Richland county, blev beordret til
Camp Dodge, Ia. og at tjenestgjøre ved Komp.
D., 339de Machinegun bataljon, 88de Div.,
som mekaniker. Var i Camp Dodge til den 8de
aug. 1918, reiste saa til Camp Mills, Long
Island, og 3 dage efter til Philadelphia, hvor
divisionen samme dag indskibede og seilede til
New York. Den samlede transportflaade,
hvormed han fulgte, forlod New York havn
den 18de aug. for at gaa
These two brothers both were over in
France where Lars helped on the Alsace
front while Knut participated in the second
battle of the Marne, in fights at St. Mihiel,
Meuse-Argonne and the defense of the sector
at Meuse. They are sons of the late Nils
Helgeson Arhelleren and his lasting wife;
Thorbjør, b. Århus, who lives in Madison,
WI.
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Lars Nelson was born on the Arhelleren
farm, Voss, December 2, 1888, came to
America in 1899, stayed a while in
Deerfield, WI, was drafted to military
service September 22, 1917, was working on
a bridge construc-tion crew for the Soo Line
and worked in North Dakota, lived in
Wapheton, Richland County, was ordered to
Camp Dodge, Iowa to serve with Comp. D,
339 th Machine gun Battalion, 88 th Div., as a
mechanic. He was at Camp Dodge until
August 8, 1918, went then to Camp Mills,
Long Island and 3 days later, to Philadelphia
where the same day the division embarked
on ships and sailed to New York. The united
convoy that he went with left New York
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til Liverpool, England. Ankomne did gik det videre
til Southhampton og saa til La Havre, Frankrig,
hvor de gik iland. Drog derfra overland til Elsassfronten.
Ved byen Monthureux gik de til
skyttergravene, hvor de for blev i 14 dage; drog saa
over La Chapelle til Belford for at delta i det store
fremstød mod Metz. Dette begyndte den 12te
okotober og fortsatte indtil vaabenhvilen
erklæredes den 11te nov. 1918. De var da ikke
langt fra Metz.
Efter en tids ophold i Trondes og Beincourt
fik de begi sig paa hjemveien. Denne gik til St.
Nazaire, hvorfra de seilede den 20de mai 1919
og landede i Brooklyn den 29de. Derfra drog
de først til Camp Mills og saa til Camp Grant,
hvor de udmønstredes den 12te juni 1919.
*
Knut Nelson var født paa gaarden
Arhelleren den 17de juli 1891, kom til
Amerika i 1904, og efter et aars ophold i
Deerfield, Wis., reiste han til Madison og
begyndte med malerhaandverket. Han
indkaldtes til krigstjeneste den 18de sept. 1917
og beordredes til Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.,
forflyttedes derfra, først til Camp Pike, og saa
til Camp Greene, N. Carolina, hvor han blev
indlemmet i Co. L., 47de Reg. 4de Div. og
reiste om vaaren 1918 med denne til Frankrig.
De landede i Brest og reiste derfra til egnen
ved Samer, hvor de havde øvelse den sidste del
af mai. Da tyskerne i juni maaned gjorde sit
fremstød fra Aisne til Marne og truede Paris,
sendtes hans division som reserve bag de
franske linjer. De drog forbi Meaux og langs
med Marne til i nærheden af Lizy-Sur-Ourcq.
Den 18de juli blev endel af divisionen sendt
frem til angreb, mens hans regiment holdtes i
reserve, men saa blev dette sendt frem for at
rense Bois du Chatelet. Den 29de juli blev to
af regimentets bataljoner, hvoraf hans eget var
den ene, sendt frem for at gaa over Ourcq og ta
Serge. Dette sted havde tidligere været tat og
mistet flere gange, men de to bataljoner tog og
beholdt det tilslut. Men deres tab var meget
store. I Nelsons halvtrop var der bare tre mand
igjen. Hans division blev saa sendt frem over
dalen ved elven Visle. Der kjæmpede den en
hel uge og trængte sig frem 17 km. Før den
harbor August 18, to go to Liverpool, England.
When they arrived there they continued on to
Southampton and then to LeHavre, France where
they disembarked. They traveled overland to the
Alsace front. At the town of Monthureux, they
entered the trenches and stayed 14 days, then went
across La Chapelle to Belford to participate in the
big push toward Metz. This began October 12 th and
continued until the Armistice November 11, 1918.
They were not far from Metz.
After a while in Trondes and Beincourt they
started moving on the way home. This went by
way of St. Nazaire, from where they sailed
May 20, 1919 and landed in Brooklyn the 29 th .
Then they first went to Camp Mills, then to
Camp Grant where they were demobilized June
12, 1919.
*
Knut Nelson was born July 17, 1891 on the
Arhelleren farm, came to America in 1904 and
after spending a year in Deerfield, WI, he went
to Madison and started as a painter. He was
drafted to the military September 18, 1917 and
was ordered to Camp Grant, Rockford, IL and
transferred from there first to Camp Pike, then
Camp Greene, NC, where he became a member
of Co. L, 47 th Reg., 4 th Div. and in the spring
of 1918 went to France. They landed in Brest
and went to the fields at Samer where they
trained the last part of May. When, in June, the
Germans counter-attacked from Aisne toward
Marne and threatened Paris, his division was
sent as a reserve behind the French lines. They
traveled past Meaux and along the Marne to
the vicinity of Lizy-Sur-Ourcq.
On July 18, part of his division was sent
forward to attack, but his regiment was held in
reserve, but then was sent to clear Bois du
Chatelet. On July 29 two of the regiment's
battalions, of which his was one, were sent
forward to go over Ourcq and take Serge. This
place had earlier been taken and lost many
times but these two battalions took and held it,
finally. But their losses were big. In Nelson's
squadron there were only three men left. His
division was sent forth through the valley of
the Visle River. There they fought an entire
week and advanced 17 km. before it was over.
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blev afløst. Den led store tab, men tog ogsaa
mange fanger og meget materiel Efter
udfyldningen af rækkerne og en tids øvelse
ved Reynel, sendtes de til St. Mihiel fronten
for at delta i fremstødet der. De blev først
stationeret i egnen ved Vavincourt, og efter en
tids øvelse ogsaa der, sendtes de den 12te sept.
frem for at overta endel af ildlinjen. De slap
dog let fra det der, da andre afdelinger tog
hovedstødet. Efter en uges tid blev de
forflyttet til skogen i nærheden af Lemmes paa
Argonne fronten. Den 26de sept. sendtes de
frem til angreb ved Rau de Forges i nordvest
for Verdun. Hans regiment, det 47de, og det
39te gik i spidsen side om side. De afløstes tre
dage efter; men den 4de oktober maatte hans
regiment atter frem for at afløse et andet, som
havde stillingen ved Bois de Brieulles.
Divisionens andre afdelinger afløstes den
13de; men hans regiment maatte vedbli at
holde sektoret fra nordre delen af Bois de Frey
til elven Meuse indtil de den 19de oktober
afløstes og trak sig tilbage til Foret de Hesse
for at hvile. De havde da været fremme i
kamplinjen i 24 dage og havde mistet mange
folk, men havde ogsaa taget en hel del fanger
og materiel.
Efter at vaabenhvilen var kommen istand,
blev de den 20de nov. sendt afsted til Tyskland
for at udgjøre en del af okkupationshæren. I 26
dage paagik marschen. En uges hvil havdes i
nærheden af Loraine. Saa gik det til
Luxemburg, over den tyske linje ved Moselle
og indover Moselledalen til Adenau i
Rhinprovinsen, senere til Coblence, hvor de
forblev til den 10de juli 1919, da de sendtes
hjem. De afmønstredes i Camp Grant den 4de
aug. 1919.
Som et under. siger Nelson, gik han
gjennem det hele uden nogen alvorlig skade.
Han var engang nærpaa overkommen af gas,
og en anden gang traf en granatsplint
staalhjelmen, men prellede af paa denne.
Vossingers virke.
Indherred kirkes menighed, Starbuck,
Minn., feirede i 1920 sit 50 aars jubilæum, og
af dens lille pent uistyrede jubilæumsskrft sees
det, at menigheden var dannet i 1870 af pastor
Peter S. Rekve, som derpaa i 3 aar ogsaa
There were great losses, but they also captured
many prisoners and much materiel. After
renewing the ranks and training awhile at
Reynel, they were sent to the St. Mihiel front
to participate in the offensive there. First they
were stationed at the fields of Vavincourt and
after training awhile there also, on September
12, they were sent forward to take over part of
the firing line. They escaped some there
inasmuch as the remaining units carried on the
offensive. After a week they were moved to
the forest near Lemmes on the Argonne Front.
On September 26, they were sent to attack at
Rau de Forges, northwest of Verdun. His
regiment, the 47 th and the 39 th were side by
side in the point. They were replaced after
three days, but on October 4 they moved
forward to relieve another, that had the
position at Bois de Brielles. The other parts of
the division were relieved the 13 th , but his
regiment had to stay and hold the sector of the
northern part of Bois de Frey to the Meuse
River until October 19 when they were
relieved and withdrew to the Foret de Hesse in
order to recuperate. They had been on the
battleline for 24 days, had lost many men and
taken a great number of prisoners and materiel.
After the Armistice had come, they were
sent to Germany on November 20 to serve in
the Army of Occupation. They marched for 26
days. They had a week's rest in the vicinity of
Loraine. Then they went to Luxemburg, over
the German lines at Moselle and in the Moselle
valley to Adenau in the province of Rhine,
later to Koblenz, where they stayed until July
10, 1919, when they were sent home. They
were demobilized at Camp Grant August 4,
1919.
"It was a wonder," says Nelson, "that I went
through it all without serious wounding". He
was almost overcome by gas one time and
another time a grenade fragment struck his
helmet but bounced off.
The vocations of vossings
The congregation of Starbuck, MN
celebrated their 50 year jubilee in 1920, and
from its pretty little jubilee booklet we see that
the congregation was created in 1870 by Pastor
Peter S. Rekve, who thereafter served 3 years
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betjente denne ved siden af det kald han
allerede havde ved Gilchrist i countiets sydlige
del.
I 1892 blev en anden vossing kaldt til
menighedens prest, nemlig pastor Nils A.
Førde, der saa i 25 aar, lige til sin død i 1917,
røgtede kaldet med sjelden dygtighed. Sønnen
pastor G. O. Førde blev faderens efterfølger i
kaldet.
Paa Voss.
I et brev fra en god ven paa Voss heder det:
“Om du nu tog dig en tur til Voss, saa vilde du
nok mærke, at bygden har hat en rask ud
vikling. Selve Vangen er blit en liden by. Biler
og motorkjøretøier frem og tilbage i gaderne.
Om vinteren flere hundrede skolebesøgende
ungdom. Træffer det sig saa, at et par
bataljoner ligger inde paa vinterøvelse, dels
paa Tvildemoen, dels paa Bømoen, saa vil du
nok forståa, at det iblandt kan være livligt.”
*
Ja, Vossevangen holder paa at bli en by, det
et snart en kjendsgjerning. I forløbne aar blev
bygrænserne fastslaaet, og ifølge disse har
Vangen faaet en udstrækning, som gaar fra
mærket med Finne til et sted under Bryn i en
retning, og fra Ringheims-mærket ved
Lundarosen til et sted nær Gjernesmoen i den
anden. Gaardene Ullestad, Lekve, Mølster,
Rogne og Prestegaarden kommer saaledes til
omtrent helt at tilhøre Vangen og tillige dele af
Bryn, Hauge og Nyre. Vangens
bygningsrepræsentantskab, som længe har
været i virksomhed, sendte ogsaa ansøgning
forledent aar til regjeringen om at faa Vangen
udskilt fra Voss herred, og bli et eget. Naar
dette er indvilget, kan den ta sin plads som en
af Norges blomstrende byer.
*
Voss er centralpunktet for
vestlandsbygderne. Der mødes veiene fra alle
kanter. Der bindes Hardanger til Sogn og
Vestlandet til Østlandet. Kulturelt har
processen paagaaet i længere tid. Vi mærker os
de høiere skoler. Der er Folkehøiskolen, som i
forrige aar feirede sit 25 aars jubilæum Dar er
in addition served the call to Gilchrist in the
southern part of the county.
In 1892, another vossing was called as the
congregation's minister, namely Nils A. Førde,
who stayed 25 years until his death in 1917,
rumored to have been described as with
unusual diligence. His son, G. O. Førde,
became his father's follower in the call.
At Voss
In a letter from a good friend at Voss we
learn this. "If you took a trip to Voss now, you
would notice that the district has had a rapid
development. Vangen itself has become a little
town. Cars and motor vehicles go back and
forth in the streets. During the winters several
hundred young people go to school. If it
happens, that a couple of battalions, partly at
Tvildemoen, partly at Bømoen, you should
understand that it can get quite lively.
*
Yes, Vossevangen is getting to be a small
city, soon to be recognized. In the recent years
the city boundaries have been established, and
as a consequence of this there has been
enlargement of Vangen, that goes from a
bordermark at Finne to a place under Bryn in
one direction, and from the border of
Ringheim at Lunderose to a place near
Gjernesmoen in the other. The Ullestad,
Mølster, Rogne and Prestegaard farms almost
completely come to belong to Vangen and
parts of Bryn, Hauge and Nyre besides.
Vangen's Chamber of Commerce, which has
been in existence for years, has applied to the
government for division of Vangen as its own
county. When this is accomplished, it can take
its place among Norway's blossoming cities.
*
Voss is the mid-point of the west
districts. Roads cross here from all
directions. It unites Hardanger with Sogn
and the west country to the east country.
Culturally it has been progressive for a long
time. We note the higher schools. There is
the People's High School which celebrated
its 25 year jubilee last year. There is the
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middelskolen, Lindgymnasiet, og i 1920
oprettedes den Norske Industriskole paa Voss.
Disse er ikke alene for Vosse-bygderne.
Eleverne kommer ofte langveis fra. Og saa er
det de militære øvelsespladse, hvor
størstedelen af den bergenhuske militæretat
har sine samlinger.
*
Der stilles adskillige fordringer til et sted,
som skal være et oplysningscentrum. Der maa
være noget tiltrækkende ved dets natur saavel
som ved dets historie. Voss eier betingelserne.
Det er priset som Vestlandets perle. Det har en
historie som faa andre steder, og det viser sig,
at man der kjender sin plads og har øie for
kravene. Den ældgamle kirke minder om en
storhed, som har trodset alle gjenvordigheder.
Finneloftet, som skal være ældre end kirken,
betegner stedet for et gammelt herresæde, der
engang var et af landets største. Lidt længere
borte er Lødveloftet, der ogsaa hvisker om
adelskab og stortid. Ovenover disse med en
udsigt vidt omkring ligger den gamle gaard
Mølster—typisk og ærværdig. Man søger nu at
hente frem af glemselen alt, som kan kaste
noget lys over det liv, som her har rørt sig ned
gjennem tiderne blandt vore forfædre. Voss
sogelag og Voss folkemuseum har dette til
opgave, og i spidsen staar mange af Voss’s
mest fremskudte mænd. Folkemuseet har nu
kjøbt husene med tilhørende tomter paa
gaarden Mølster, og skal det der samle
oldsager til forevisning. Til dette gav staten kr.
15,000 forrige aar, men man vil samle kr.
50,000, hvoraf ca. 35,000 er tegnet.
Vossingerne i Amerika indbydes til at være
med; kr. 25.00 eller ca. $5.00 gjør enhver til
livsvarigt medlem af museet. Ja, lad os være
med og saa kanske faa dem til at oprette en
amerikansk-vossisk afdeling ved museet i et af
de gamle husene paa Mølster.
* * *
Mandag den 10de jan. iaar holdtes et møde
paa Vossevangen til drøftelse af tanken om at
reise et mindermærke paa Voss om Hellig
Olavs kristening af vosserne i 1023. Mødet
bestod
Middle school, Lind Gymnasium and in 1920
the Norwegian Industrial Arts School was
started at Voss. These aren't just for the Voss
districts. Students come often from a long
ways away. Then there are the military
training camps, where the greatest part of the
Bergen Military District has its gatherings.
*
There are various requirements for a place
that is supposed to be an education center. It
has to be somewhat attractive in its very nature
as well as in its history. Voss has the
conditions. It is regarded as the pearl of the
West Country. It has a history like few other
places and has eyes for these requirements.
The age-old church is indicative of greatness
that has answered all tribulations. The
Finneloft, which is thought to be even older
than the church, marks a place for an old
noble-seat, which at one time was one of the
biggest in Norway. A little farther over is the
Lødveloft, which also whispers of nobility and
great times. Above these with its superb view
lies the old Mølster farm—typical and
venerable. One tries to evoke forth from
oblivion everything that casts any light over
that life that has settled down here through the
ages of our forefathers. The Voss Historical
Association and the Voss Folkemusem have
this as a goal and in the vanguard are many of
Voss's most progressive men. The Folk
Museum has already bought the buildings and
adjoining property on the Mølster farm and
shall collect antiques for exhibition. The state
allocated 15,000 NKR last year, but they want
to collect 50,000 of which 3500 is pledged.
The vossings in Amerika are invited to join
along with 25.00 NKR or about $5.00 gives a
lifetime membership to the museum. Yes, let's
co-operate and maybe we can get them to build
an American-Vossing section of the museum
in one of the old buildings at Mølster.
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On Monday, January 10 this year (1920) a
meeting was held at Vossevangen with the
thought of raising a monument at Voss about
St. Olav's Christianization of the vossings in
1023.
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af repræsentanter valgte af de forskjellige lag:
Voss missionsselskab, Voss afholdslag, Voss
maallag, Voss ungdoms-forening, Voss
ungdomslag, Bordalens ung-domslag, Bjørgums
ungdomslag og Voss sogelag.
Fem medlemmer blev valgte til at forberede
sagen, nemlig sogneprest Olafsen, L. Kindem, Lars
Eskeland, Styrk Fjose og provst Barstad. De skulde
ogsaa forhandle med dem paa Evanger og
Vossestranden om tilslutning.*
Ansøgning fra Exingedalen til regjeringen om
veibygning fra Gulbraa til Nesheim er indsendt
med enstemmig anbefaling af herredstyret.
*
Fem og tyve aars-jubilæem feiredes paa Voss af
Kvittens skytterlag med en præmieskydning og fest
den 27de nov. 1920. Laget var stiftet den 23de juli
1895. Som en af grundlæggerne og som lagets
første formand sender redaktøren sin bedste
lykønskning til laget.
The meeting consisted of representatives chosen by
the various lags: The Voss Missionary Society, the
Voss Language Club, the Voss Youth League,
Bordal's Youth Club, Bjørgum's Youth Club and
the Voss Historical Society.
Five members were chosen in the preceding
matter, namely minister Olafsen, L. Kindem, Lars
Eskeland, Styrk Fjose and Dean Barstad. They are
also to deal with Evanger and Vossestrand and
reach final decision.
Application from Exingedalen to the
government concerning building a road from
Gulbraa to Nesheim was referred with a
unanimous recommendation by the County Board.
*
The Twenty-five year jubilee at Voss of the
Kvitten's Shooting Club will be celebrated
November 27, 1920 by prize-shooting and a party.
The club was founded on July 23, 1895. As one of
the founders and the club's first president, the
editor sends his best wishes to the club.
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